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Youming Shi

3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023SHIY01

Youming Shi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Stevenage June 2024, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 556th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2023, he has put 72 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.86 in January 2023 to 10.06, a 22% improvement. Youming has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.06
signature single · Stevenage June 2024
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×310.0612.87
top 7.6%556 / 6,689
2×24.094.90
top 27.6%1,494 / 4,895
4×41:08.341:11.21
top 45.2%986 / 2,071

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Stevenage January 2023: 12.86Stevenage June 2023: 13.41Stevenage June 2024: 10.0610.0613.4121 Jan 20238 Jun 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Ben Andrews — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Esper Goddard — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Bo Forsell — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.